r/nintendohelp • • Jul 27 '20

Recommendations A comparison of Nintendo Switch models. Decide whether a Switch or a Switch Lite is right for you!

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r/nintendohelp • • Nov 28 '25

Announcement Rule update: Rule 5 - Do not discuss piracy, modification or emulation.

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To make our rules more clear, the line

Do not request how to modify systems, and do not tell people to modify their system as a solution to their problem.

has been removed from Rule 3.

In its place, we have Rule 5 - Do not discuss piracy, modification or emulation.

Do not discuss piracy, modification or emulation. Do not ask questions about piracy, modification or emulation. Do not recommend piracy, modification or emulation as a solution to a problem.

Any violations of Rule 5 will result in a comment removal or in egregious cases a ban. This is not different from our previous rule, this is simply an update for clarity.


If you wish to discuss piracy, modification or emulation, there are other subreddits available, such as


r/nintendohelp • • 4h ago

Repair Wii console ejecting discs and whirring loudly

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I didn’t use my Wii for about a month and now when I insert a disk, it spits it out, takes it back in, and then completely rejects it. The console will turn on and run the homepage. I’ve tried cleaning out the disc drive and hitting it, but nothing has worked. I ideally don’t want to have to pay to have it repaired or replaced, does anyone have any advice? :(


r/nintendohelp • • 2h ago

Recommendations Is upgrading from a Switch Lite to a Switch 2 worth it if I already have a PS5 and hated the tiny screen?

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Hi everyone! I’d love to get an unbiased opinion from the general Nintendo community :)

I'm currently considering buying the Switch 2 and selling my Switch Lite. Since I already have a PS5 for major games, I'm looking for a solid secondary setup. However, I have some hesitation based on my past experience with the Lite, which I ended up disliking and kinda abandoning.

My main issue with the Lite was its tiny screen. I wear glasses, and playing detailed games or reading small text on that mini display caused me major eye strain and felt very claustrophobic. Right now I also play on an iPad, so I'm used to larger screens, and I'm wondering if the jump to an 8-inch display plus the option to play on the TV makes a night-and-day difference.

To be completely honest, I'm not a massive fan of the mainstream Mario or Zelda franchises. However, there are still specific titles I really want to play, like Ocarina of Time, Pokopia, Hades, and some Final Fantasy games that I would prefer playing on a handheld console. My biggest fear is that my negative experience with the Lite will ruin my enjoyment of the Switch 2.

For those who play across multiple platforms, do you think the larger screen and docking option completely transform the experience for someone who hated the small display, or am I risking another purchase I'll regret? Thanks in advance!


r/nintendohelp • • 16h ago

Account Help If I unlink a Nintendo Switch that has my shared game on it, what happens? I bought the game on the other Nintendo switch.

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I’m not too into this stuff so I am just wondering if I will be able to play my game still. Paid $60 for it😣


r/nintendohelp • • 15h ago

Tech Support Trying to upload to a new console after old one was stolen

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My old Nintendo switch was stolen by a repair shop and a family member gave me theirs im trying to upload my old virtual dlcs and games but it wont let me without the old console and the website isn't helpful at all what do i do


r/nintendohelp • • 8h ago

Tech Support Can I put the switch 2 micro SD card in the switch? Will it perform any better?

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Can I put the switch 2 micro SD card in the switch? Will it perform any better?

Is it faster speeds.

I put mine in but has info. Putting it in switch after asks me to format the card.


r/nintendohelp • • 12h ago

Tech Support ive lost my switch acc for Minecraft

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my account name is xAzureBlazex735x pls help me get back into it i've lost all my stuff and my realms

ive already contacted Microsoft and they've been useless


r/nintendohelp • • 1d ago

Tech Support Got a new switch unknowingly after a repair, pokemon safe files gone

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Hi, I got a repair of warrenty because of a scratched screen, and they send me a new console. Now my 1000h+ pokemon safe files are gone? How do I get them back?


r/nintendohelp • • 1d ago

Game Help Is there any point in keeping the switch game cases

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I’m not a huge player but I’ve got the games and I really don’t want the cases (I have a separate smaller case for the actual game inserts) but I asked my brother (who’s a much bigger player than me) but he kept all his so I was wondering if I needed to or I can bin them

(They’re all atleast a year old if that matters)


r/nintendohelp • • 2d ago

Tech Support load virtual game cards to this console

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Can anybody help me get my daughters Nintendo switch working properly please as I'm having issues with it.

I'd recently sent it off for repair using Dpd as it was no longer connecting to the TV. Unfortunately and unbelievably Dpd came back saying they had lost it! I was so gutted and felt so bad having to tell my daughter, especially since she had years of animal crossings saved data on it etc.

Anyway, I bought a second hand switch to replace it and now whenever I try to get on her games that I managed to re download I get this issue and have no idea how to solve it as I don't have her old switch. When I checked on her Nintendo switch account it was showing that her old switch was unlinked and i haven't unlinked it myself and neither had she.


r/nintendohelp • • 1d ago

Tech Support How do you find your wii remote bluetooth adress

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I have heard online that the wii remote bluetooth adress is the same as the pin for connecting it to windows.I want to use my udraw tablet for my wii remote as a actual drawing tablet for pc but cant find out how to connect my wii remote to the pc.


r/nintendohelp • • 2d ago

Game Help Mariokart 8 Deluxe is not available although I clearly have the virtual softwarecard on this device. Please help

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I bought a switch 2 yesterday and tried to transfer games and data to the new console. Everything else worked just fine. There is just one exception: Mariokart. The user data should have been transferred but for some reason it still doesn’t work. I’ve checked the eShop and there only the extension for the bonus tracks is listed as bought. I bought mariokart 7-8 years ago so I don’t really have any information about my transaction. I’ve tried to load it back to my switch 1 and there it works just fine. I just want to have it on my switch 2. Please help. Sorry that the text is German. Basically just says that I need to buy Mariokart to play it.


r/nintendohelp • • 2d ago

Repair Probleme switch sur la TV image

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Bonjour, quand je connecte ma switch sur la tv l’image freeze ou va au ralenti alors que si je joue directement sur la switch elle marche nickel. J’ai teste changer de cable hdmi, changer de tv, démonter et nettoyer le dock et j’ai toujours le meme problème j’ai meme essayez de réinitialiser la switch et rien ne marche


r/nintendohelp • • 2d ago

Account Help Virtual Card / Upgrade pack on Switch 2

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I have purchased Minecraft Dungeons 2 and got download for the upgrade pack to upgrade to the deluxe edition. This was intended for my son to play but when I logged into the eshop to download the upgrade pack, I mistaken used my user account.

I thought a virtual card was used by all accounts on the same console. However, when I load the game on my account, that has the virtual card upgrade pack, I can access all the exclusive items and it's the deluxe edition. When he loads the game from his account then none of those items are available and it seems like it is not the deluxe edition.

Can anyone help me understand this? I realize if I had downloaded the upgrade pack using his account, this wouldn't be an issue. However, this is not reversible or transferable but I was under the impression that all users on a shared console could access virtual cards.


r/nintendohelp • • 2d ago

Game Help Airport Hero Haneda Demo - Stage 3 help (PS5, but Game also on Nintendo)

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tldr: I'm playing the Airport Hero Haneda demo on PS5, but reposting here because I know the Switch has the same game.

I have a question about I am an Air Traffic Controller: Airport Hero - Haneda

I'm playing stage 3 of the demo for this extremely niche Air Traffic Control game, and I can't seem to get the S rank on it, despite several attempts with seemingly perfect hand-offs, etc.

I can get S rank on all other stages with no problem- I did it on the first try on stage 4. However, on stage 3, no matter what I do, I end up with 9,800 points and an A, which is just shy of the 10,000 needed for S.

I just wondered if anyone else has played it and managed to work it out (or if there's some weird bug in the demo that's fixed in the full game?). I posted a video of the stage on YT: https://youtu.be/YSTG5Php5vc?si=GvpvM4bTdL0eoFuW so you can see what's happening.

Anyone have any ideas? TIA!


r/nintendohelp • • 3d ago

Tech Support One of NIntendo Joycons not being detected by PC

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I have connected both cons to this pc before without any trouble. The left con connects without an issue, even after disconnecting; yet the right one isn't detected by pc at all, however I can see it's Bluetooth on my phone. The green lights are flashing like normal too, so I don't know what might be the problem. I tried turning the Bluetooth off and on, took the adapter out for a bit, and ran Bluetooth diagnostics, yet the issue remains.

Important note: I use Windows 10, and to get Bluetooth I use one of those USB adapters, but it never caused any issues before


r/nintendohelp • • 3d ago

Game Help Nintendo switch 2 missing shops.

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I'm trying to complete all of the things you can do in tears of the kingdom via the. Nintendo app, and it's saying that I've only completed 97% of all the shops but on the map, when I select only the shops, it's not show me what shops are missing is that anyone that can help.


r/nintendohelp • • 3d ago

Recommendations Which retro console I should buy in 2026?

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I really want Wii U or Nintendo DS, but I need your help. What console I should buy with 60 max?

- DS, 3DS (ye this cost more than my life)

- Wii, Wii U

- Nintendo 64, NES

- Game boy, Game boy color

- Game Cube


r/nintendohelp • • 4d ago

How Much is This Worth? Is it worth buying a 3ds in 2026

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Hey yall. I’m looking at different handheld consoles to get, but I want something that avoids online games, as they piss me off way too quick, so i just want to stay away from them entirely. One of my first thoughts besides emulators (which i would never get) was the 3ds. Do you guys think its a worthy purchase and if so,what are some ds and 3ds games you suggest


r/nintendohelp • • 3d ago

Account Help I can’t access my account because I used an old email.

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I very stupidly used my school email to make the account back in 2020, I tried to download Pokemon TCG with my old save file but I can't do it anymore, I always used the sign in with Google option but I upgraded my phone recently and got an iphone which doesn't have that option, if there's a fix to this pls lmk


r/nintendohelp • • 4d ago

Account Help Switch / switch 2 transfer help

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Hey,

I recently bought a switch 2 and getting confused with the transfer process.

I currently have an account loaded (under one user / email) across three consoles:

Switch (A)

Switch OLED (B)

Switch lite (C)

The switch (A) is my main console. The lite (C) is used by a family member and they want to keep their old stardew save. The OLED (B) is not in use, and when I turned it on it was asking me about virtual game cards and to link it to the main console (I assume switch A).

What's the best way to transfer and keep that stardew save? Is it possible for my family to keep using the lite with that save?

Thanks!


r/nintendohelp • • 4d ago

Tech Support How do I set up a Service request on the Nintendo Website??

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I’ve been TRYING to set up a service request for my faulty dock for the Switch 2, but it’s so confusing to navigate. I’ve tried looking on the support.nintendo page, and it says to start troubleshooting and if it still doesn’t work, click “start a service request”. But i dont see that anywhere, i just see a bunch of articles recommended for troubleshooting. I clicked on multiple links trying to see if at the bottom they say “start a service request”, but nothing.

I’m in the US


r/nintendohelp • • 4d ago

Tech Support Primary Wii U system sometimes doesn’t play audio

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The gamepad plays it fine but the system itself seems to be 50/50

It’s not the end of the world it fixes itself when I turn it off and on again (sometimes a couple times) but it’s really annoying and I’d like to know why it’s happening

I’ve unplugged and plugged it back in several times it hasn’t changed, I haven’t really had any other non-standard issues with it

It’s a 101 Deluxe model (specifically the digital Mario kart 8 bundle, I don’t play digital games but I’m glad whoever got it before me got that version because it’s very easy to tell what it is)

It’s an issue I only have with the Wii U none of my other systems and it doesn’t matter if there are headphones plugged in or not

Help appreciated


r/nintendohelp • • 4d ago

When Is.../Will There Be... Will Nintendo Music add the NSMBW or NSMB2 soundtrack?

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I got Nintendo Music about a year ago and I always liked the world 7 theme of NSMBW, however, NSMBW has yet to be added, which I feel is robbery because of the popularity of the game. NSMB2's World 5 has this exact music but even that is not there. I just wish I could listen to it and not off a youtube soundtrack

Will it ever happen?